im biting my tongue...but i will say this...Betty Everett has a great catalogue of music...i should know....i have a few 45,s singles of her in my collection....Cher?...no
but different strokes for different folks
Ogi, I agree. Betty's version sounds more "of its time" to me, and more "correct".
And it's the version that takes me back and lifts me up...
from Wikipedia, for context:
Betty Everett version
Background
Calvin Carter, the chief A&R man for the Chicago-located
Vee-Jay Records, found "It's in His Kiss" while visiting New York City in search of material for the Vee-Jay roster which included
Betty Everett. After Everett had a hit with another song Carter brought back from New York City, "
You're No Good", Carter suggested Everett cut "It's in His Kiss" as the follow-up single. Everett – who found the song puerile – reluctantly agreed. The accompanying vocals on Everett's recording were provided by Vee-Jay session regulars the Opals, a trio of teenage girls (Rose "Tootsie" Addison, Myra Tilliston, and Rose E. Kelley) from
East Chicago, Indiana.
Dave Marsh in his book
The Heart of Rock and Soul opines that Betty Everett's version, "while [credited] as a solo performance is one of the finest girl group hits, undoubtedly the best one made outside the genre's New York City-
Philadelphia-Los Angeles 'axis'".
Reception
Everett's version of "The Shoop Shoop Song" reached No. 6 on the
Billboard Hot 100 chart in April 1964: at the time,
Billboard was not publishing its
R&B chart, but her cover was a No. 1 R&B hit according to
Cash Box. In international release, Everett's "The Shoop Shoop Song" was also a hit in Australia reaching No. 21. It reached No. 2 on the New Zealand Lever Hit Parade chart. It was initially overlooked in the UK, although Everett's minor 1965 U.S. hit "Getting Mighty Crowded" (No. 65) would reach No. 29 there. In 1968, the label
President Records reissued both songs on one single, with "The Shoop Shoop Song" as the A-side, which peaked at No. 34. In
Canada, it reached No. 5.
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